# Two kinds of people

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 7, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209 "2011-11-07T22:00:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209/21 "2011-11-08T19:23:35Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> I’m the sole member of the Popular People’s Front.

Splitter!

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209/22 "2011-11-09T03:09:30Z")

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I just lost my XBox to the "red circle o’ death’.☹

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**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209/23 "2011-11-09T07:19:35Z")

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Cmon haven’t you heard there are only two types of people: those who divide everybody into two groups and those who don’t?

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**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209/24 "2011-11-09T07:29:14Z")

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“I guess there’s just two kinds of people, Miss Sandstone: _my_ kind of people, and assholes. It’s rather obvious which category you fit into. Have a nice day.” ~ Connie Marble

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209/25 "2011-11-09T07:53:25Z")

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And yet… the message board itself is like a Commodore64 text-based adventure game. No graphics, limited features and commands, and one wrong move and you’ll be eaten by a Grue.

You’re in a dark cave. Yet you feel the presence of a thousand eyes. You can barely make out an old wooden door with a rusty door knob just a few feet ahead. The cave entrance is to the south.

\> turn knob

It’s rusted shut.

You’re in a dark cave. Yet you feel the presence of a thousand eyes. You can barely make out an old wooden door with a door knob too rusty to turn just a few feet ahead. The cave entrance is to the south.

\> i

You have a dictionary, Google, Wikipedia, a Masters in MBA, and some pan-fried semen.

\> use semen

You eat the semen, now you have to puke.

You’re in a dark cave. Yet you feel the presence of a thousand eyes. You can barely make out an old wooden door with a rusty door knob just a few feet ahead. The cave entrance is to the south.

\> puke on door knob

This loosens the rust, and you open the door. Behold! A giant troll will not let you enter unless you answer his riddle: What isn’t garbage but you throw it out with the trash every time?

\> a garbage bag

The troll frothes at the mouth and asks, “Cite?”

\> s

You turn to exit the cave, but before you can, you’re eaten by a Grue.

Play again? Y/N

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209/26 "2011-11-09T14:06:48Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> Play again? Y/N

Y  
I was expecting the troll’s riddle to be about “14 k of g in a f p d.”

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209/27 "2011-11-09T14:18:10Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Y  
> I was expecting the troll’s riddle to be about “14 k of g in a f p d.”

\> 14 kilograms of garbage in a fully packed drawstring-bag

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